The Roman Catholic View
Renewing Your Mind
Ligonier Ministries
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🗓️ 16 October 2024
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Do Protestants and Roman Catholics still differ as much as they did in the 16th century? Today, R.C. Sproul confirms that the official teaching of the Roman Catholic Church continues to reject justification by faith alone in Christ alone.
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Meet Today’s Teacher:
R.C. Sproul (1939–2017) was known for his ability to winsomely and clearly communicate deep, practical truths from God’s Word. He was founder of Ligonier Ministries, first minister of preaching and teaching at Saint Andrew’s Chapel, first president of Reformation Bible College, and executive editor of Tabletalk magazine.
Meet the Host:
Nathan W. Bingham is vice president of ministry engagement for Ligonier Ministries, executive producer and host of Renewing Your Mind, host of the Ask Ligonier podcast, and a graduate of Presbyterian Theological College in Melbourne, Australia. Nathan joined Ligonier in 2012 and lives in Central Florida with his wife and four children.
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| 0:00.0 | Rome distinguishes between mortal sin and venial sin. |
| 0:06.3 | Mortal sin is called mortal sin because it kills the grace of justification that's in your soul. |
| 0:15.4 | Calvin opposed that by saying that all sins are mortal in the sense that they deserve death, but no sin is |
| 0:23.1 | mortal to the Christian that would destroy your salvation. But in the Roman view, if you commit |
| 0:29.2 | a mortal sin, if you die in mortal sin, you go to hell. |
| 0:44.4 | If you, as a Christian, commit a mortal sin and die, you go to hell? |
| 0:49.8 | That doesn't sound like good news, but that is part of the Roman Catholic view of salvation, |
| 0:55.4 | and one of the matters that Protestants were protesting during the 16th century Reformation. |
| 0:58.9 | This is the Wednesday edition of Renewing Your Mind. |
| 1:01.7 | I'm your host, Nathan W. Bingham. |
| 1:06.2 | When you examine the official teachings of the Roman Catholic Church compared to the teaching of Scripture, it really is a contrast between bad news and good news. And that's |
| 1:13.4 | why the reformers pursued reform, a return to the clear teaching of the Word of God. In the series |
| 1:20.6 | that you're hearing this week from R.C. Sprole, he unpacks further the history and theology |
| 1:25.6 | of the Reformation. You can own the series, study guide, |
| 1:29.8 | and the hardcover edition of the Legacy of Luther when you give a gift of any amount in support |
| 1:35.4 | of renewing your mind at renewingermind.org. Well, to help us better understand the Roman Catholic |
| 1:42.0 | view, here's Dr. Spraw. |
| 1:52.5 | If you take the time to read Luther's 95 Theses, you'll see in there that there's very little about the doctrine of justification. But Luther's discussion that he wanted to have |
| 1:59.6 | with the faculty over the theses had to do with |
| 2:02.9 | the whole system of doctrine that was associated with indulgences. |
| 2:09.7 | And initially, Luther wasn't opposed to indulgences in itself, but the abuse of the selling |
| 2:16.1 | of them that was being carried out by Tetzel. |
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